Graham Balharrie wrote:
> I bought Linux Mandrake 7.0 and I have installed it off the CD in Dos, and
> now I really want to get into a desktop environment! I am stuck inside the
> Dos Prompt style bits HELP!!
>
> It says in the manual, to change the party in the file "/etc/inittab" from
> "id:3:initdefault :" to "id:5:initdefault"
> And then restart! But I get a thing saying X has respawned to fast and it
> will be disabled for 5 mins!
>
> I really need some help as I am a newbie and I just want to get into a
> desktop environment!
> HELP!!
>
> Graham Balharrie
Did you repartition your hard drive to install Mandrake or did you install
the Linux 4 Windows version? When you're at the 'Dos' prompt (it would
actually be the 'bash' shell under Linux; but that's another story) just type
'startx' and that would bring up the kde desktop by default; unless it didn't
get installed to begin with.
MS Windows 95, 98, etc. need the windows side of the operating system in
order to run, Linux doesn't. So when you install, you have the option of not
installing the Window enviroment.
If it doesn't work, write back with more detail of your setup - machine type,
how much hard disk space, etc.
Michael Holt
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